More Missing in New China Landslide
Another deadly landslide, this one in Yunnan. From Al Jazeera: At least 67 people have been reported missing after new mudslides hit a town in southwest China, adding to the thousands already killed or...
View ArticleScores Still Missing in SW China Mudslides
The devastation from this summer’s floods in China continues. More than 1,400 people have now been reported killed in the Zhouqu, Gansu landslide, and now another landslide in Yunnan has dozens...
View ArticleScenes from China – The Big Picture
The Boston Globe’s excellent photo blog turns the lens on China, taking in everything from floods and landslides to e-waste and suicide nets: The past several months in China have brought devastating...
View ArticleStorms in Gansu Kill 40
After torrential rains and a violent hailstorm, 40 people were left dead in Gansu province. The region is in the northwestern part of China and is known for the mountainous terrain. BBC reports: The...
View ArticleThousands to Move, Again, from Three Gorges
The Three Gorges Dam finally reached full power output in July, but geological risks are forcing some 120,000 people living along its reservoir to relocate, many for the second time. From Reuters’...
View ArticleLandslide Buries School in Yunnan
As China is still trying to recover from several recent natural disasters, the BBC reports that a landslide in Yunnan Province buried a school and two other houses: Nineteen people, 18 of them...
View ArticleYunnan Landslide Kills 46 (Updated)
43 people are dead and 3 remain missing after a landslide in a remote part of Yunnan on Friday morning. (Update: Global Times reports that all 46 bodies have now been found: 27 adults and 19 children.)...
View ArticleLandslide Survivors Demand Investigation of Mine’s Role (Updated)
Relief efforts continue in Yunnan, where a remote village was decimated by a landslide last Friday. 46 people died, including 19 children. China Daily reported that 29 of the victims were from a single...
View Article83 Buried in Tibet Mine Landslide (Updated)
Rescue efforts by thousands of soldiers, armed police and firefighters turned up a single body on Saturday [see update below], over a day and a half after two million cubic meters of mud and rock...
View ArticleTibet Landslide Rescue Work Suspended
Rescue efforts have been halted at a mine near Lhasa due to fears that fresh landslides might add to the toll from Friday’s disaster. 36 bodies have been recovered, and little hope remains of any...
View ArticleMining in Tibet: The Price of Gold
The Economist examines vigorous exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources in light of a landslide that killed 83 at a mine near Lhasa last week: THE ecology of the Tibetan plateau, noted the Ministry...
View ArticleDozens Buried in Sichuan Landslide
Heavy rainstorms hit south-west China this week, triggering a landslide on Wednesday which buried up to 40 people in the city of Dujiangyan, an area previously devastated by the 2008 Sichuan...
View Article43 Reported Dead in Flooding
The death toll of this week’s flooding and landslide in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan continues to climb, with 43 now reported dead and dozens more still missing. From CNN: Some 118 people across Dujiangyan...
View Article9 More Dead, 8 Missing in Quake-Hit Gansu Province
The AP reports that at least nine more people are dead, and another eight missing in Gansu province after landslides. Gansu was hit by a 6.6 magnitude quake (5.9 according to the U.S. Geological...
View ArticleMining Tibet, Poisoning China
At The Asian Review of Books, the University of Sydney’s Kerry Brown reviews Gabriel Lafitte’s forthcoming book, Spoiling Tibet: China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the World, available...
View ArticleChina’s Environment in 2013
For Shanghaiist, chinadialogue editor Sam Geall reviews ten major environmental stories from China in 2013, from the persistent pall of air pollution to the armada of dead pigs that descended on...
View ArticleDozens Missing After Landslide in Shenzhen
Citing Chinese state media, the BBC reports that at least 59 are missing after a landslide buried 22 buildings at the Hengtaiyu industrial park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The slide also triggered...
View ArticleLandslide Renews Questions on Risks of Rapid Growth
On Monday, rescue work continued at an industrial park in Shenzhen a day after a massive landslide swept over dozens of buildings, including factories and dorm rooms. The disaster was caused by years...
View ArticleLandslide Casts Shadow Over China’s Success Story
An official investigation has been launched after Sunday’s massive landslide in Shenzhen buried scores of buildings under a mountain of mud and construction debris. Factory work in the area has slowed...
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Minitrue: Delete Report on Causes of Deadly Landslide
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source....
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